Pioneer Trek! Head 'em up, Move 'em Out!

The Cutler Family!

Andrew, Matt, Dustin, Bailey, Ma, Pa, Amber, Derrick, Melissa, Rockford,Lindsay,Taylor, Nathan.





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Around 250 youth, 70 or so Ma's and Pa' s and another 90? adult support.



We hiked 11 hours /15.5 miles, steep hills and in the dark til about 11:00pm the first day.

I now view these kids as young adults. They can do anything.








These are shots of the easy parts of the trail. During anything hard or busy we didn't take pictures of course.

We built new handcarts for our stake to keep as our service project /eagle project.

Pa, walked for George Laub.

David Cutler /Alonzo Knight

My favorite Trail Boss ever!! He's even ahead of

"Gil Favor"! (does any one else know who that is?)

Ma Marple a happy Pioneer !

Sister Jones in charge of the whole thing and still smiling!

The leather braclet on my wrist holds the name of a family pioneer

Some of David's Family ready to load up and return to reality.














Back to the Future.

Home

We are home from the pioneer trek. What a powerful changing time it was. More to follow.

Mom's in Idaho.

I miss My Mommy!

Colorado

A dear old friend has died, so we have decided to take a road trip to Colorado.
Some of you may have heard me talk of Dave Anderson (and Robin). He was our first friend in Colorado. He sold us our first, second, third etc. houses in Colorado. He was our realtor. He was also our Bishop,-twice I think if you count the ward split. His daughter, Dana, was our main baby sitter. We had thanksgiving Dinner at their house. Rachel's first kiss was with their son. (uhmm Hi ,Rae). The list keeps going. We love him alot. I am crying now. I have no details on how he died.
There will also be a full military honors service at the Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs.
As of two hours ago the plan is that we will leave right after work tonight, and come back for Monday.
It is a looong way, too expensive to fly and with gas prices it would be too much too, except we have a company car that has free gasolina! 16 hours of drive time I think.

School's Out for the summer! Shoot it!

It's the last Dayof School! of Jr. High School even and, in honor of the day, David has decided to take his Pride Planner out into the backyard and shoot it.

New Air Soft Gun. (I Know-He purchased it with his own money)

Last Day of School!

Last Day of Jr. High School!

(I hope this doesn't foreshadow anything.)

p.s. David says this is not with a full fps so this has less damage than it could have done. Click to enlarge ande see the imbeded pellets and damage.

Look out Highland High.

Via Las Vegas

My Mom was ready to go at a quarter to 6 this am. I put her on a flight to Boise via Las Vegas.

I ended up getting a wheel chair for her. She just is not stable enough.
She staggers and tips alot. She did take my cane with her. She is afraid to fall at Brents while alone. She fell again last week in the bathroom. No injuries.
Brent called after he picked her up and said she is a little wobbly but fine. Mom said that Wheelchair stuff worked "slick". ( I could hear her in the background).

Sewing, Walking

Sewing, walking, sewing , walking, that is what I have been doing this past week. Sewing Pioneer clothes for three. David is impressed that I can sew. He somehow has missed the fact that I have sewn before. I guess I always did it at night or in Nada's basement or both. This picture is of one of the prom dresses sewn before ,with help. We call it the Flamenco dress(it's exactly what she wanted- I think).

It was 110 degrees today.

The Pioneer Handcart Trek is in a week. I can make 4 miles an hour.
If I tape my feet.
Did I mention chopping the head off that live chicken a while back? Well I did- with an hatchet, then we cooked it in a dutch oven and ate it. Kind of gruesome but I had rather kill it than clean it , scald it, or pluck it. It's all a part of the Ma and Pa training Keith and I are in. Ma s and Pas are dropping out right and left. I live in the city! with city folk. Strange huh?